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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:57 pm
Ravi blinked down at the filly, mouth full of delicious berries that he'd been feasting upon before he was so rudely interrupted. He stared in a shocked silence for so long that gravity had had enough and let the berry juices trickle down his chin, prompting immediate action.
"Wh-what d'you want, pipsqueak?" Ravi grouched, swallowing thickly and sticking his tongue out to catch the fleeing drops of sweetness.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:08 pm
 Del'nal had been following a butterfly when she came acrossed the stallion. 'Hiii!' she called out cheerfully as she stood there watching him. She giggled as she watched the berry juices run down his chin. Though when he asked his question she giggled some more and shook her head.
'I don't want anything at all. My name is Del'nal but you can call me Del. Hiii.' One of these days she was going to end up getting herself in trouble for not being able to keep her mouth closed.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:33 pm
Ravi blinked, tongue retracting back into his cavernous mouth to suck idly on his teeth, annoyed. Jeez, couldn't a guy get some peace and quiet around here just to eat his freakin' dinner? After another look at the obstinantly... happy filly before him, the answer was obvious.
"Look, kid," Ravi began, turning in a semi-circle to signify with body language he was leaving, "I don't have time to mess around with you. Go bug somebody else, eh?" He nodded encouragingly at a direction that was not in the direction he had chosen to go, and began loping off at and easy pace. He'd spotted a promising patch of berry bushes over here, too... now where'd it go?
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:42 pm
Del couldn't help but giggle even more as she watched the stallion. She followed behind him careful though to make sure to keep some distance so she wouldn't run into him if he stopped. 'How can I go bug someone else if I'm not a bug?' she asked somewhat confused by that. 'What's your name? Do you like berries alot? Do you have any brothers or sisters?' Questions came pouring from her mouth. After asking a few questions she giggled again.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:58 pm
... Ravi dropped his shoulders, looked to the skies, and petitioned for a higher power to have pity. There wasn't a response.
Ravi sighed, slowed his lazy pace to a stop, and conducted a 180 turn to face the curious little filly with a long-suffering look. "Okay - alright. I answer questions, you leave. Kapeesh?" Ravi didn't wait for a response before plowing ahead. "You are a bug; I'd classify you as a beetle. My name is Ravi. If I didn't like berries, I wouldn't be eating them, would I?" Ravi paused to look uncomfortable for a moment before lifting his lip in a sneer directed at a memory. "I don't have family. Now - I believe that was everything. If you'll excuse me, kiddo, I've got places to be." Ravi quirked a brow at the child before about-facing once more and continuing along the forrested pathway, mind concocting new alternatives to a meal and coming up short.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:11 pm
What did he mean by this kaaapeeesshh word? And how could she be a beetle if she's way way bigger then a beetle? Del was detirmined to find out and when she saw the stallion turn and leave again she hurried to catch up with him. 'But mister Ravi mister I don't know what kaaaapeeeesshh means. How am I a beetle if I'm bigger then a beetle? Some people eat things they don't like. My mommy makes me eat these nasty leaves off of a tree. She says they be good for me but I don't believe her.' she paused for a moment to catch her breath before begining again. 'And how can you not have a family? Everyone has a family. I have my mommy and my papa and my brother. There's also this lion to. I think she'll be my auntie.'
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:34 pm
Ravi glowered at the trees swaying easily in the breeze ahead of his stomping hooves. He entertained the thought that they were rooted to the spot bevause of his all-fearing, all-seeing glare of demise, before turning his attention back to the kid that refused to go away.
.. well. It had been an awfully boring afternoon. And he hadn't messed aorund with kids in a while. This one seemed dumber than a box of rocks, Ravi deduced after a quick run-through of their previous conversations. You can never be too sure, Ravi reminded himself, and stocked away the possibility that this kid was an alien spy sent to capture him for testing purposes on his small intestine.
He decided to humor her for a bit whilst searching for some grub to replace his interrupted supper. "Kapeesh is a mobster term, kid. Start learning up on 'em; they'll come in handy. Uhh.. well - some beetles can be huge." Ravi reflected that he didn't like beetles when one crawled up his nose during his unfortunate nap. "So you're one of the biggest around, I'd wager."
Ravi paused to examine a tree's leaves that didn't smell too bad; he thoroughly examined the greens with a squinted eye before tentatively poking his tongue out to lick it. "Aw, gross, it's sour." He glanced down at the filly, grinning. "Which means it's good for you. Main rule of eating, kid: If it tastes bad, it's good for you. Another testament as to why life is predictably unfair." He snagged a few leaves off the tree and munched on them with an expression of controlled revultion, knocking a few more down for the filly.
Ravi continued to scan the treeline for any tastier plants while answering,"You've got a family, kid. You say you've got a ma - that's one thing I don't have." Ravi grinned when he spotted a flowering tree, scampering over to clip the petals off with a snap of the teeth. He closed his eyes in pleasure as the sweet nectar rolled down his throat. "Oh, that's good - anyway. Families are groups that stick together." Ravi shrugged, picking off another flower and handing it to the filly. "Which means I don't have one."
[sorry for the length! XDD;;~ Got a bit carried away..]
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:56 pm
Del stuck her tounge out at the leaves in which she found disgusting. She looked up at the stallion with a questioning look on her face and took a deep breath. 'What's a mobster? Is that like a monster? Beetles can't be huge and I don't have shiny wings like a beetle so I don't think that makes me a beetle. I think. Maybe.' she paused a few moments to think before taking another breath and started speaking again.
'If you don't have a family then how can you even be here? I thought no one could ever be around without having a mommy and a papa. Though if you don't have a family perhaps you could be part of ours.' Her face lit up at the idea. 'Then you could have a family.' She looked down at the flower that Ravi offered and nibbled at it tenetivly as she never had a flower from a tree before.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:07 pm
"I dunno, kid," Ravi said, cocking his head to examine her wings. "They look pretty shiny to me in the sunlight." He snapped off a few more leaves after his stomach grumbled; it felt distinctly cheated of its meal. "A mobster... uh, well, they're bad guys with attitude. You don't want to mess with mobsters. But if you talk like one, people don't wanna mess with you. Kapeesh?"
Ravi paused for a moment on Del's last question, chewing thoughtfully. "Well - I guess I had parents. I dunno. I woke up in a basket in the middle of freakin' nowhere, so, heck if I know." He shrugged. "Some lady claimed to be my ma, but, there wasn't any proof or anything. I dunno - and I frankly don't care." Ravi grinned wickidly. "I don't think you're ma would appreciate my presense in your family, kiddo. Best keep riffraff like me out of the general populace. Thanks anyway - there should be more beetles like you in the world. Hey, how'd'you like the flowers? Not too shabby, eh?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:37 am
Del still couldn't see how she could be a 'beetle'. Beetles had more then four legs they had a gazillion and well she only had four. 'Mister Ravi I don't know what a raffriff is either.' she shook her head in slight frustration. This was way to much information at one time and the beetle thing was also confusing her. 'I think my mommy would like you though and the flower tasted yummy. Much more better then the nasty leaves. I still don't understand how I can be a beetle though either. They have a gazillion legs....I only have four.' she took a deep breath after she finished speaking and looked up at Ravi questioningly.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:52 pm
Ravi paused to contemplate. "... well. You ever heard of those birds that have wings but can't fly? They're birds, but they don't have everything a bird's got. You're kinda like that," Ravi explained.
Man, Ravi said to himself. Why's she gotta ask all the difficult questions? Next I'll be chattin' with her about the birds and freakin' bees... "Uhh.. riffraff, huh?" Ravi groped for an explanation that was within bounds of a child's mind; he spotted something. "See that? That pile of poo over there? Yeah - that's how people see riffraff." He shrugged. "If your mother is any kind of self-respecting mother, then she'd tell me to get the heck away. S'just how things work."
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:36 am
'How can there be birds that can't fly? That isn't possible.' Del complained. All this beetle and new vocabulary was really frustrating her. She looked over to the pile poo that Ravi had directed her to look at. 'Soo..raffriffs are piles of stinky smelly poo?' This day was just getting more and more confusing. 'I thought poo couldn't move. It just....sits there. It don't have legs.' This new information she was learning just wasn't sounding right.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:14 pm
"What?" Ravi was flabbergasted. "You've never heard of a.. penguin or emu or - aw, crud, what's the other one.. oh, an ostrich?" He wrinkled his nose. "Jeez, kid; what rock did you clmb out from?"
Ravi decided to surrender to the kid's obtuse-ness; let her think what she wants. "Yeah, kid. Raffriffs are big piles of stinky poo. You totally got it."
Ravi looked at the horizon behind his back; the sun was slowly sinking down. He wagered that in a good twenty, thirty minutes, visibility would be close to zilch. "Hey, kid; where's your ma?" Ravi questioned. "It's getting pretty late."
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